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...McDonald's may have to do more than just open up a dual drive-through lane or replace the brown-shingled roof with a red metal one. Some of its most successful locations seem to be the ones that stand out from the pack - whether it's the Orlando, Fla., outlet with a pool table and an air-hockey table, or the one near Chicago with a fireplace and leather armchairs. "McDonald's is a restaurant, not a hamburger stand, and we need to treat it as such," says Chicago-area franchisee David Bear. Who knows, some operators may even...
...opportunities to eat, more food available and larger portions. But the big question is, Why do we feel the need to engage in such conspicuous consumption? Americans need to take responsibility for their appetites and recognize that less is more. MEREDITH LUCE Founder, Diet Directives Weight Loss Program Orlando, Fla...
...twisted legal drama and a heartbreaker because two of the accused were the victim's soft-spoken sons. Within hours in one Pensacola, Fla., courtroom, two juries in two separate trials ended weeks of speculation about a case in which two competing theories were proffered to explain the fatal beating of Terry King, 40. In one trial, prosecutors maintained that King's son, 14, had bludgeoned his father with a baseball bat, urged on by his brother Alex, 13, and that the two then set fire to their house. In the other trial, prosecutors claimed that former family friend Ricky...
Some doctors are practicing without insurance coverage. Mark McCormick and Bradley S. Douglas, obstetricians in Boca Raton, Fla., elected to "go bare" after learning that their insurance, which last year cost each of them $35,000, would rise this year to $100,000. If sued, they will have to pay court costs and any judgments themselves...
...fourth time and pregnant with her second son before, at 36, she realized her dream. "Even if I knew that Richard Reid would be on my flight someday, I would still have been a flight attendant," she says, sitting surrounded by travel mementos in her Coral Gables, Fla., home. Since Flight 63, she has been on medical leave for injuries to her shoulder suffered in her scuffle with Reid. When the White House invited Jones and Moutardier to be the First Lady's guests at the State of the Union speech in January, Moutardier considered not going because it meant...